Japan marks triple-disaster anniversary

An advert for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual extra feature for free — herself for marriage.

Emotional families marked the first anniversary of the disappearance of flight MH370 yesterday as a new report said the battery on its black box locator beacon had expired, but shed no new light on the cause of the disaster.

North Korea hit out at accusations that it may be behind a shocking knife attack on the US envoy to the South, branding the claims a "vicious" smear campaign by Seoul

Malaysians is marking the first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight MH370

Iran has yet to prove to the world it wants a peaceful nuclear programme, top US diplomat John Kerry said yesterday, warning with his French counterpart that gaps still had to be overcome to clinch a deal.

Malaysia's transport minister said yesterday the hunt for MH370 would be sent "back to the drawing board" if the search now under way comes up empty, but insisted his government remained committed to finding the plane.

Malaysia's transport minister says he is confident the missing MH370 aircraft will be found in the Indian Ocean.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the Maldives on a regional tour this month due to political unrest following the arrest of the former president and opposition leader, an Indian diplomat has said.

Myanmar authorities have defended a crackdown on a Yangon rally that saw police and men in civilian clothes beat unarmed protesters, as security forces made fresh arrests yesterday.

US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, injured by a knife-wielding attacker in Seoul

India's Kalyani industrial group announced yesterday a "substantial" joint venture with Israel to make missiles and other weapons, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi eased rules on foreign ownership in defence.

Fans of Indian President Narendra Modi yesterday scrapped plans to open a temple in his honour after the Indian premier said he was "appalled" by the idea.

Indian anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday after his landslide victory in the Delhi state elections.

Myanmar's government yesterday held a somber ceremony marking the nation's symbolic unification after the colonial era, but a coveted ceasefire with ethnic rebel groups remained out of reach as conflict sweeps across northern borderlands.

Does a journalist make a good Minister for Information? The question which might have been asked here in the past has now cropped up in Indonesia.